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$700k worth of savings tips from the government

$700k worth of savings tips from the government

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you would have noticed all the talk about energy prices. If you have been off the grid (pun intended), there’s no hiding from your energy bill, which will find you eventually. 

And so will the Federal Government’s latest $700,000 ad campaign!

Launched this month, the Powering Forward Campaign reportedly cost tax-payers $300,000 for 60 seconds of airtime during the AFL & NRL Grand Finals, and as much as $700,000 in fees to a Melbourne ad agency.

There's some useful information buried in there, but it's hidden behind propaganda pushing the government's energy policy credentials.

What do you think of the campaign?

Our take? The website contains some useful info for people wanting to save on power bills, for example it links to the Energy Made Easy comparison site and the Victorian Switchon site to compare offers.

It also contains energy efficiency tips for households, which can be handy.

But all that useful stuff is buried behind the silly “powering forward” slogan and some bumph about the Government’s Snowy Hydro 2.0 and gas reservation policies.

They’re important, but we’d like to see the moneysaving info up front and centre!

Here’s something else you can do to save.

A couple of months back, the Fiftyup Club started our Power-Up Campaign,  which now boasts a staggering 50,000 registrations nationally That tells us that you do want to do something about energy prices even if it’s just to send a message to power companies that enough is enough.

While Australia may rank second in the world for quality-of-life, we rate first in the world for the highest energy prices. Data from the Carbon + Energy Markets' MarkIntell service says we’re ahead of Germany, Denmark and Italy with 4 Australian states in the top ten (click here to see the list).

This despite Australia having every energy resource available in the world including coal, wind, solar, nuclear and sea-water hydro power.

What can you do? It’s as easy as picking up the phone, calling your energy retailer and asking for a better deal. Don’t take no for an answer. The energy market has never been so competitive and you can get results, with many members reporting savings in the hundreds of dollars.

Click here to see the latest Fiftyup Club energy offers, extended for a limited time only


 

 

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Andy
Andy from NSW commented:

Huge fuel discounts!!! 

Kristen
Kristen from NSW commented:

Easy to understand contracts, a reduction in costs of petrol, rego etc. as well as some old fashioned service. 

Sheila
Sheila from NSW commented:

Discounts and services suitable for older people and clothing fashions not only directed to the young. 

keith
keith from NSW commented:

lower prices on goods and servicess 

Peter
Peter from NSW commented:

A reduction of House, Car Insurance and Energy as these form the largest non discretionary expenditure of our budget. 

Danielle
Danielle from NSW commented:

A more simplified,easier to understand contracts in our every day complicated lives. Discounts for loyalty customers. 

Elaine
Elaine from NSW commented:

If we could get the old fashion service and understanding as well as respect for our continued support 

maxine
maxine from NSW commented:

Maxine from NSW. On analysing our outgoings the majority of our outgoings is spent on insurance from health to caravan of which we never make a claim but feel it nessecary to have to provide us with the security we have always had and paid for. 

John
John from NSW commented:

Rego and third part insurance to be paid through the petrol pump in TRUE 'user pays' fashion! Think about it! Too busy to elaborate now. Do watch this space. :-) 

Don
Don from QLD commented:

A fair go is all we want 

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